sleep out

verb

slept out; sleeping out; sleeps out

intransitive verb

: to sleep outdoors

Examples of sleep out in a Sentence

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The Royals’ offense showed signs of wiping the sleep out of its eyes after scoring a single run while being swept in a three-game series by the Rays earlier in the week. Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 28 June 2025 Afraid their houses may collapse at any moment, families are sleeping out in the open along roadsides near their homes. Sarah Ferguson, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025 In the early evening hours and throughout the night, mosquitoes can no longer feast on anoles, which typically sleep out in the open. Denise Hruby, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2025 In other research on exercise and sleep out of Iowa State University, study participants were grouped into resistance training workouts, aerobic workouts, and combination workouts (both resistance and aerobic exercise). Laura Hensley, Verywell Health, 28 June 2024 Still, the protesters slept out in the open after police took their tents, despite temperatures in the low 30s. Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2024 Families are sleeping out in the open, with limited water and no lights, heaters, or bathroom facilities. Hasan Ali, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Nov. 2023 Many more slept out in the open in the streets even as the airstrikes, including on southern Gaza, continued. Raja Abdulrahim, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2023 People are still sleeping out in the open streets or on a football field nearby. Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 10 Sep. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1818, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of sleep out was in 1818

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“Sleep out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sleep%20out. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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